In interviews with Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, Ben E. In the Groove reports on the years between Elvis and The Beatles, when the hit single became an intricately crafted work of art and producers, songwriters and musicians created studio magic. Goode,' and Jerry Lee Lewis' 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.' Listen for Little Richard's 'Tutti-Frutti,' and 'Good Golly Miss Molly,' Elvis' 'Blue Suede Shoes,' 'Bo Diddley,' by Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry's 'Maybellene,' and 'Johnny B. These renegades of the '50s reveal how they borrowed from rhythm and blues, country, gospel, and jazz to create a whole new sound-rock and roll.
Renegades travels southern backroads to New Orleans, Memphis and Nashville, then north to Chicago, interviewing Little Richard, Bo Diddley, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, pioneer disk jockey Hoss Allen and producers Dave Bartholomew, Sam Phillips and Phil and Marshall Chess along the way. Rock & Roll - Public television's 1995 epic 10-part documentary mini-series traces the history and evolution of rock and roll music, from its rhythm and blues, country, gospel and jazz roots in the early 1950s, through the advent of folk rock, soul, psychedelia, heavy metal, glam, funk, punk, and reggae, to the emergence of rap in the early 1990s.